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Albertsons double coupon scenarios

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Be sure to check your Sunday paper for Albertsons double coupons (technically “Twice the Value” coupons). They are good until Tuesday, June 15. You can use up to 3 doubles per transaction. Each double coupon will double a manufacturer’s coupon up to $1. You can not make money using doubles. You should be able to get additional ads at your store’s customer service counter.

As always, a big thanks to Karrie from Fistful of Coupons for posting many of these match-ups. Stop by Karrie’s blog for even more deals — there are a ton! Please leave a comment with any deals you discover! I will keep updating this list throughout the sale.

Vancouver, WA Fourth Plain Rd. location usually has plenty of doubles sitting on the counter for the taking. I did notice that it’s a Colgate toothpaste that’s on sale for $1, not Crest (is this right??) I checked the ad too, no Crest, only Colgate. I could be wrong, but that’s just what I saw as I raced thru! 🙂

I bought 6 Florida’s Natural (2 for $5.99), used 3 $1/2 coupons from dairy book from Safeway with 3 doubles, payed $11.97 ($2 for each) and got $5 catalina for the next shopping trip. Pretty good deal.

I guess I must be lucky because the Pacific/Lilly Albertson’s in Olympia just has them sitting on the CS counter. I asked if I could take one and they said to take as many as I would like. This is my favorite Albertson’s in town. They are much friendlier than the Lacey or Tumwater branch. Between the doubles, the Dairy Cat and the Conagra Cat, I purchased $150 worth of SALE PRICED items yesterday for $60.

Oregon did not get the pectin coupons. BUT if you go to Fred Meyer and use the Fred Meyer coupon and the manufacture coupons you can get 9 lbs of free sugar and the catalina which makes if 5 bucks. Not free but still a great deal.

In today’s smartsource there was a treetop ad that advertised their new instant win game at treetop.com. After I played the game I was able to choose a coupon, which includes a $1/2 any treetop coupon. Doubled this makes for free juice boxes. Yeah!!!

My store didn’t have any set out and of course there was no one at customer service. Last time they kept them at the check stands. The bad thing about that was if you already used a set in the transaction you were paying for, they were VERY reluctant to let you have another set.

I spoke to corporate about the Troutdale location after the last double coupons. I was just so irritated that they refuse to hand them out. Anyways, to make a long story short, Dallas, the customer service manager, called me and I told him what I had experienced and that I knew other people that it was happening to. He told me that they DO receive the double coupons and that you should get as many as you want, but only 3 doubles per a transaction and 3 transactions a day. He promised that they would be handing out the coupons the next time and to personally ask for him or Tony, the store manager, if they won’t give them away. Hopefully things have changed there…

I have not checked at my store here in Vancouver. My closest store on 137th keeps them behind the CS desk (normally) and you have to ask for it and then you only get one. For the same reason above….people get greedy with them and wipe them out. I have noticed however, that on the last day of the doubles the coupons are left on the counter at customer service. I will have to check tomorrow. I spent most of my time today at Safeway and Costco.

I just went to the portland cully store and had a big headache about doubling a ‘do not double’ coupon… some cashiers don’t know about the poilcy change. I was caught off gaurd and got flustered. I hate problems at the register :(. If I could do it over again…I would have just said “I think you have had a change in poilcy about that can you just check with your manger, real fast, please?” In the end I got my 2 dollars but decided to leave (after only one transaction) because I had made a jerk out of myself. Be prepared to smile shoppers 🙂